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2010-11-08T10:22:15.252-08:00

Hi James, welcome to the blog...feel free to tell ...

2009-05-04T20:22:00.000-07:00

Hi James, welcome to the blog...feel free to tell a little about yourself. I don't know that I've seen you around here before.

I've come to think that "selfishness" is a pretty ...

2009-05-04T20:21:00.000-07:00

I've come to think that "selfishness" is a pretty good modern term for the spiritual death Paul describes in Romans 5. The death caused by Adam's rebellion.

It's the same concept in Romans 5 [and Romans 8:1] that gets translated condemnation. The word Paul uses there is only used 3 times in the New Testament, all by Paul in Romans [Romans 5:16. 5:18, 8:1]. It is not the same word that gets translated condemnation everywhere else, and that is probably not the best word for it.

I talk about this in the Paul chapter of TGYNH if you have a copy.

Hmmm. I know that just about everywhere you can r...

2009-05-04T19:10:00.000-07:00

Hmmm. I know that just about everywhere you can replace 'sin' with 'selfishness.'

I don't think a simple substitution works. But as ...

2009-05-03T12:21:00.000-07:00

I don't think a simple substitution works. But as new-comer to your perspective, I do agree that feeling and commitment are what give life to what is otherwise sterile propositional assent.